A functional approach for the study of the random walks in random sceneries (RWRS) is proposed. Under fairly general assumptions on the random walk and on the random scenery, functional limit theorems are proved. The method allows to study separately the convergence of the walk and of the scenery: on the one hand, a general criterion for the convergence of the local time of the walk is provided...

We present a new approach for the non-rigid registration of contrastenhanced breast MRI using normalised mutual information. A hierarchical transformation model of the motion of the breast has been developed: The global motion of the breast is modelled using affine transformation models while the local motion of the breast is modelled using spline-based free-form deformation (FFD) models. The a...

The goal of this study is to develop a customised computer model that can accurately represent the motion of vocal articulators during vowels and consonants. Models of the articulators were constructed as Finite Element (FE) meshes based on digitised high-resolution MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scans obtained during quiet breathing. Articulatory kinematics during speaking were obtained by E...

Optimization concept in the context of shear deformation theories was born for the development of accurate models to study the bending problem of structures. The present study seeks to extend such an approach to the dynamic analysis of plates. A compact and unified formulation with non-polynomial shear strain shape functions (SSSFs) is employed to develop a static and free vibration analysis of...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the long-term vertical deformations of segmented pre-tensioned concrete bridges by a new approach. It provides a practical and reliable method for calculating the amount of long-term deformation based on creep and shrinkage in segmented prestress bridges. There are various relationships for estimating the creep and shrinkage of concrete. The analytical r...

This paper investigate the impact of packet size on the performance of 802.15.4 for Wireless Sensor Network based on various packet size scenario like packet size 300, 600 and 900.The comparative results have been reported for the performance metrics like Battery energy consumed, Traffic sink end to end delay and Traffic received. Packet size optimization is an important issue in energy constra...

Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ, USA {hwang,[email protected]} Abstract. We study the privacy threat by publishing data that contains full functional dependencies (FFDs). We show that the cross-attribute correlations by FFDs can bring potential vulnerability to privacy. Unfortunately, none of the existing anonymization principles can effectively prevent against the FFD-based priv...

exp(2 i( p 1 i ) are the eigenvalues of the Milnor monodromy and their integral part is determined by the Hodge ltration of the mixed Hodge structure. This notion was rst introduced by Steenbrink [11]. By [14] the exponents are constant under -constant deformation of f . In particular, they depend only on f 1 (0). They express the vanishing order (up to the shift by one) of the period integrals...

[1] InSAR time series analysis is an effective tool for detecting spatially and temporally complicated volcanic deformation. To obtain details of such deformation, we developed an advanced InSAR time series analysis using interferograms of multiple-orbit tracks. Considering only right(or only left-) looking SAR observations, incidence directions for different orbit tracks are mostly included in...